Radiator for motor vehicles



L. S. TUCKER,

RADIATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1921.

1,434,724. Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

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A77 aPA EX L. S. TUCKER.

RADIATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, I921.

1,434,724. Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

ATTAP/VEJ TUCKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, I ENNSYLVANIA.

RADIATOR FOB I/IOTQR VEHICLES.

Application filed June 1,1921. Serial No. e74,158.

To all whom. it may comm-2rd lie it known that l, Lori's gp'lfconnn, a citizen of tnc United Fitatcs. and a resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania. have in'vr ed certain new and usetul lmproxcmcnts in Radiators tor l. the following [otor Vehicles, oi which is a specification.

The prese vontion rela to a. radiator as is employed upon a motor-vehicle for cooling the water of circulation whitii passes through the jacket of the intcmial combustion engine thereof and. has nun-e especial relation to a radiator cmustruction which 1 adaptable to either the pleasure or commercial type of vehicle.

The loading object of the present invention is to provide a radiator construction in which the core as a whole is made up of several sec tions or units each of which is so arranged tl at it may be readily removed without 'nterterence with an adjacent unit and without impairing the operativeness of the radiator. Other and further obj vets relate to the provision of general arrangements. combinations and connections of parts for attaiiiiinzthe results sought by the leading object.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully rmderstood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Fig. 1, is a fragmentary view in front elevation partly sectioned of a radiator 1nbodying "features oi the invention.

Fig. 2, is a view in horizontal. section taken upon the line of Fig. 1.

Fig. 2%, is a. similar view taken upon the line 3- 3 of 1.

4r. is a iragmcntary view in front ole vation partly sectioned lllllst fi tlllllfl' a unit removed and piped connection substituted therefor, and

Fig. 5. is a similar view illustrating the manner o1 closing upper and lower tanks when a unit is removed.

For the purpose oi illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings two terms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be un derstood that the various instrunientalities of which my invention tonsists can be variously arranged and organized and that my inventionis not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates a lower tank and 11 an upper tank. In the type employed upon a pleasure car the tanksmay be made of thin sheet brass or copper and when our ployed upon commercial vehicles may be of castiron or other relatively heavy material.

Between thes tanks are' adapted to be re niovably fitted plurality of vertical sections or units comprising the radiator cores which are indicated more or less diagrammatically at 13. Since the several units are of uniform structure a description of one will suflice. 14 designates a lower header and 15 an upper header secured between which as by brazing, is the core. The headers are made of brass or copper or cast iron in accordance with the tanks to which they are to be secured. Each header 14: is of generally rectangular configuration, the inner end bein open and the outer end being centrally apertured as at 16 in register with an opening 17 in the inner face of tank 10. Each header 15 is similarly constructed having an opening 18 in register with opening 19 in tank 11. A lower header is secured to tank 10 by means of bolts 20 which. pass vertically through tank 10. An upper header is secured by bolts 21. which pass vertically through tank 11. In pleasurecar constructions because of the thin metal employed, it is necessary to employ spacers 22 and 23 in tanks 10 and 11 adjacent the parts penetrated by bolts 20 and 21. Reinforce plates are also desirable. Each header is provided with such a plate 2%. and. each tank with a plate 25. The plates 24 and. 25 are apertured in register with the openings in the tanks and the openings in the headers. The spacers'serrc to keep the plates in the tanks properly positioned. 'llhus when nuts ot the bolts are tightened the plates serve to prevent bending and l cle from which such section has been removed the radiator may be temporarily arranged to properly function by either closing, by plate 27, the openingsin thenplmr and lower tanks or by connecting the tIVo tanks by means o'li'for instance a rubber hose 28. In the latter case a flanged sleeve 29 is secured to each tank, in alignment: with a tank opening and the rubber hose secured to each sleeve as by a clamp 30 lVhethcr the platesQT orthe' hose 28 be employed the same bolts which secure the. headers to the tanks may be utilized.

It will now be apparent that I have dcvised a novel andruseitul constructionwhich. embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and'whiie I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found inpractiee'to give satistactory. and reliable results, it is to be understoodthat the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing fromthe spirit or. scope of the inven'tion or sacrificing any of its advantages.

\Vhatl claim is:

In a radiator the con'ibination of upper anddonertanlcs, a plurality of se iiarately rcmovable units fitted between said tanks and. communicating therewith each u nit c n1pris ingapair of headers havingcores therehc tween, bolts passing through the upper tank. into each upper header, other bolts passing through the lower tank into each lower header and nuts engaging saith bolts for clan'ipingsaid parts together and pipe means adapted to be connected between said tanks upon removal'of a unit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

LOUIS S. TUCKER; 

